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![Two cardboard boxes holding metal artifacts found in the Viking Age burial, including knives, a cloak brooch and the remains of a shield.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NwKEqVzruLJjm23HuzHAFJ-320-80.jpg)
Rare, 'high-status' Viking burial unearthed in a garden in Oslo
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists have excavated a rare Viking burial in Oslo containing the remains of a high-status individual and a variety of grave goods.
![In the ninth century A.D., this treasure might have bought half a cow.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BnqURXmR3He4SRywKSwRx9-320-80.jpg)
Metal detectorist stumbles across Viking treasure hoard in Norway
By JoAnna Wendel published
Using a metal detector in a field, a Norwegian man stumbled upon a number of silver pieces dating back to the Viking Age.
![This sword has a preserved pommel (a knob at the end of the handle) with a "button" on top.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sUPAfyBZhGAyyNWbdzgfXn-320-80.jpg)
2 Viking swords buried upright might have connected the dead to Odin and Valhalla
By Laura Geggel published
Archaeologists in Sweden excavating a Viking grave field have uncovered two burials containing swords standing upright.
![Gif of a person holding the arrowhead found in Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/weJ7CQvLoewUUdgasjGNZZ-320-80.gif)
3-bladed arrowhead 'last touched by Vikings' revealed by melting ice patch
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A rare, three-sided Viking arrowhead was discovered by glacial archaeologists in Norway.
![The ring is just visible here near the center of the jewelry bundle. Archaeologists have tracked the items to a man who said he'd bought them at an antique shop in Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Raj7iDpQBBfC9cvPemXgja-320-80.jpg)
Gold Viking ring unexpectedly found in stash of 'cheap jewelry' from online auction
By Tom Metcalfe published
A woman in Norway discovered a large, gold Viking ring in a pile of cheap jewelry she bought in an online auction.
![A researcher examines the remains of a Viking Age sword discovered in Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dNks6LDyBqyvoBss2NQygm-320-80.jpg)
Broken pieces of rare Viking sword reunited after 1,200 years apart
By Joanna Thompson published
Two sleuths in Norway uncovered the pieces of an extremely rare type of sword from the Viking Age.
![This image shows where the boat burial and other burial mounds were found.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2mzMAhe3APoAKL9ApDFro-320-80.jpg)
Viking boat burial discovered in Norway may hold the remains of royal figures
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists unexpectedly discovered a Viking boat burial deep underground in Norway.
![The lake sediments provide more information about what the climate in the East Settlement was like.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KFoUuKo963wTfXPB3gxrAJ-320-80.jpg)
Drought helped push the Vikings out of Greenland, new study finds
By Owen Jarus published
Drought might have played a major role in the abandonment of the Eastern Settlement of Vikings around 1450, new research finds.
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